Yeah, Frazier goes out early, how can Frazier ever hope to replicate going 11 rounds as the even shittier chinned Maskaev did against Tua
LOL You must not be undefeated because you don't seem to know boxing. Maskaev actually BOXED Tua. Jabbing and boxing Tua is his kryptonite. Do you see Frazier circling and jabbing and boxing Tua ? Tua KO 3 in a slugfest.
Most assuredly, I would not. If Tua fought in the 30s you wouldnt even breath his name in fights like this. I dont see many Galento threads against the greats from you, for instance.
Didnt say they were identical, but a comparison damn sure is favourable. Except for the fact ones old and the others new, right?
Frazier would cripple him..what is with this site and tubby Tua?..is this the boxing twilight zone I have entered or what?...respectfully.....Garden State
Frazier at a solid 210 was hardly little he wins it on points, consistently gets there first with his punches, makes Tua miss
It's a battle of two short one dimensional power punchers with good stamina. It would come down to chin hence Tua wins.
Frazier bobs and weaves skillfully and makes Tua miss again and again while landing at will to the body and head whenever he wants essentially, because he was vastly better, more skilled, more talented, more determined and hungrier
and 20-30 pounds lighter with a notably inferior chin. Also Frazier wasn't this defensive wiz you are trying to claim he was. Foreman was a relatively slow puncher who infamously telegraphed his punches ("look here's comes the left, and now here comes the right") and he couldn't MISS Frazier's bobbing noggin. A short guy like Tua would find it even easier to hit him since the bobbing and weaving is most effective against taller fighters who have to punch down. "Like I said before" Frazier the better and greater fighter...Tua knocks him out!
Foreman hitting Frazier wasn't about defense, it was about physically shoving him back and punching... the only guy who could do that was Foreman the "short guy would have an easier time" is beyond ridiculous
So you're saying that the only way to consistently hit Frazier was by pushing him back and then punching? ok buddy.
either that or by having exceptional hand speed for a heavyweight (Ali) NOBODY else ever hit Frazier easily with any consistency A molasses slow, dumb guy like Tua would be made to miss quite easily Again, Frazier is the most sickeningly disrespected fighter in history
So Bonavena had exceptional handspeed I guess. Quarry too. Tua at his best (Ruiz, Ibeabuchi) wasn't molasses slow. That's the point. Frazier only knew one gear..forward. He'd go to war with Tua, he knew no other way to fight. Frazier would get hit and would get hit HARD. Matter of time...
bonavena did the same thing as Foreman... in the rematch, when Frazier was no longer green, the fight wasn't close... Frazier punched the shit out of him Quarry lost every round, man